# Skrooge privacy rating

Open-source personal finance manager from KDE for tracking accounts, budgets, investments and scheduled operations, with reports and import from many file formats.

## Summary

Skrooge scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the budgeting criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

- Website: https://skrooge.org
- Source code: https://invent.kde.org/office/skrooge
- Jurisdiction: Germany. Fourteen Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Budgeting](https://privacyratings.com/budgeting/)
- Grade: B (80/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | GPL-3.0-or-later. | https://invent.kde.org/office/skrooge/-/blob/master/LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No third-party trackers, and the app has no telemetry by default. KDE websites use self-hosted Matomo with cookies disabled and IP addresses anonymized. | https://kde.org/privacypolicy/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Free software from the KDE community, funded by donations, with no ads. | https://kde.org/donate/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/budgeting/skrooge/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/budgeting/skrooge.md